In view of the fact that the UK Government had put in their submission 12 months before us and that the people who are now included have lost out that much in time and money, would the Minister consider it appropriate now to make a submission for areas to be included in the severely disadvantaged areas schemes, areas which were left out for purely arbitrary reasons? No white man or his mother can make out why one townland was put in and another left out when one considers that some of the townlands which were left out are poorer than others included.

In relation to the review submitted by the UK Government, that was their first review and this is our third, so we have gained more from the scheme. The concern shown by Deputy Wilson for Cavan——

Yes, for years.

That county did quite well on this occasion because of the land problems down there.

Would the Minister of State not agree that there has been an element of arbitrariness in the decisions, seeing that some reasonably fertile areas have been included while right alongside them very poor quality land has been excluded?

The important point about the last review was that because of the Government decision to reduce the measurement unit from a DED to a townland many townlands are now in which were not allowed to go in on the previous two occasions.

That is not answering my question.

Because of that we were able to get the greatest single extension ever for the disadvantaged areas on this occasion.

Would the Minister not agree that there is a strong case for the inclusion of certain areas, for example all of my county and constituency, and that this should be submitted immediately to the EC Commission?

As I said in reply to an earlier question, that is not possible on this occasion, but in future in such reviews there might be some sort of machinery for appeal or some tribunal to whom one could appeal in the future.